How can I successfully potty train my 3 yr. old son?

Answer 1

Here it is- it has worked for my 2 kids,and others after I tell them........

1. get m and m's handy
2. get a small potty chair
3. get a couple books about potty
4. you need to be home for about 4-5 days straight
5. now you can start. let them run around bare-but
6. Set the timer for 1/2 hour. Tell him/her to sit on the potty for 5 min. (read them a book in the mean time if it's to long for them.) If they go, give lots and lots of praise!!! I mean go crazy!! Give them about 3 m and m's.
7. Set the timer for 1/2 hour
8. Avoid asking the question "you got to go potty?'
9. Timer goes off- ok! What does that mean junior? Time to go potty again he or she would say, or you say it if they don't
10. repeat process all day long. If they go # 2 in the potty, reward with a handful of m and m's. They are very colorful and kids love them!!

11. Praise praise praise. I do spank my kids for behavior problems such as lying, disobedience, and bad attitudes, but never for having an accident. If there is an accident, clean it up queitly, and don't say much at all. Remind them it's ok, but try to make it in the potty next time, or in your own words.

Good luck!!! Hope this helps you. My girl was potty-trained in one day with the method. Took my son a week. Leave pull-ups on them at night just in case.
p.s. if this doen't work at all, try again in a few months.

Answer 2

I started out by buying a simple white potty that looked the closest to a regular toilet. No bells n' whistles. Then I got her the "Feel N Learn" pull-ups which are great because when they are wet, they feel wet to the child. Then we had a "sticker" program. I would put her potty in front of the toilet and we would both go potty together. Every time she was successful, she got a sticker that she placed on the bathroom cupboard beside her potty chair. That way she was able to see the rewards of her efforts. And I also made a big effort to praise her really dramatically! Then we'd both empty her potty into the toilet and wave and say "bye-bye peepees/poopoos, thanks for coming out!" She'd sometimes just sit on the chair and "pretend" to potty just so she'd get a sticker! But she quickly figured out that she needed to produce visible results... It took about 2 months. Then I took her shopping and let her pick out her own underwear (Dora). She was so happy to wear them and very, very proud. She had a few accidents but I never made a big deal out of them to her. It got tricky when we went out because it's important that as soon as said she had to potty, we had to pull over right away. I was sure NOT to fall back on the pullups just because we were out. It just prolongs the process. She was able to wear underwear during the day and a pullup at night. Then, eventually she lost the nightime pullup and I woke her at 2am and took her to the potty - every night for about a week. And then that was that.

Every child is different tho - the key is to make a big fuss when they go and not make a fuss if they don't. Good luck with it.

Answer 3

I have twins that are three and we are still trying to potty train I keep them in underwear and make themselves clean up after themselves if they have a accident. They are almost fully potty trained. I only put a pull up on at night or if we are going out for over a hour but they ask to use the toilet even when we are out of the house. I don't yell at them if they have a accident I just make them wash there own undies out and then we go and put them in the washer and then in the tub. It is going great!! Good luck.

Answer 4

You can always try the cheerios game: what you do is have a few cheerios close by and when he needs to go potty toss a couple of cheerios in the potty and have him aim at them, it makes going potty a game and helps them to not feel so pressured. Now if you're like me and don't want your son to think it's ok to throw perfectly good food down the drain, then I suggest trying what I did, I took a single sheet of tp and gently placed it in the potty, so that it doesn't sink, then I encouraged my son to sink it by going potty on it. He thought it was fun and that really got him excited to go potty. Hope this helps

Answer 5

Dr.Phil potty trained a kid on tv in ONE day.He brought the potty into the livin room with the parents and he got a doll that wets when you squeeze it.He then told the parents to put the doll on the potty{While son watched} squeeze it til the water came out then show the kid that the doll had used the potty.Then they made a huge deal out of the doll going .They did this about 5 times til their kid wanted to be made a big deal too. Then he went.Good luck

Answer 6

There's one catch to the "potty train in one day" method and that is it totally ignores the POOP factor. Peeing is only one factor and I haven't found a doll yet that can demostrate pooping to a child.

Many boys are not ready to totally train until after age 3. I'm training my 3-year-old right now and several moms said "teach but don't pressure him. One day the light will come on." They were right.

I had a sticker chart up for a long time and told him he'd get little stickers for peeing and big ones for pooping. His little sister was catching on and filling up her chart and yet my son looked on without interest. I was getting discouraged but suddenly one day he came to me AFTER doing pee all by himself and requested a sticker!

I guess he had been watching and learning all that time. It's like waiting for them to talk. They listen and learn and pick their time.

So my advice is to train and teach him so that when the day comes that he wants to do it - he'll know how.

Then of course be patient with the accidents that happen after training is complete.......

Answer 7

keep calm and stay consistant dont bounce between diapers/pullups and undies pullups are just like a diaper to them .
try a treat system if they pee int he big toilet one small treat for a bm try 2 small treats or the tp idea

best of luck

Answer 8

IS THERE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE?...IF SO, EVERY TIME THE GUY GOES TO BATHROOM HAVE HIM TAKE YOUR SON WITH HIM AND HAVE THE FATHER OR WHOEVER THE MAN IS TRY TO TELL AND SAW THE LITTLE GUY WHAT'S HAPPENING....THAT WILL WORK...GIVE IT A WHIRL......